Annecy 2020 Juries

Feature Films

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  Corinne DESTOMBES

  Head of Development
  
  Folimage
  
  France

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  Benoit PAVAN

  Journalist
  
  Agence France-Presse
  
  France

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  Dominique SEUTIN

  Director
  
  Anima Festival
  
  Belgium

Short Films

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  Matt KASZANEK

  Director
  
  Animation Is Film Festival
  
  USA

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  Naomi VAN NIEKERK

  Director
  
  Dryfsand
  
  South Africa

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  Denis WALGENWITZ

  Director
  
  France

Graduation Films & Off-Limits Short Films

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  Signe BAUMANE

  Director & Producer, My Love Affair With Marriage
  
  USA/Latvia

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  Jeannette BONDS

  Festival Co-Founder & Director, Director & Producer
  
  GLAS Animation, B&B Pictures
  
  Panama/USA

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  Thomas RENOLDNER

  Director & Head of Selection
  
  Animation Avantgarde at Vienna Shorts Filmfestival
  
  Austria

TV & Commissioned Films

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  Marco DE BLOIS

  Artistic Director
  
  Les Sommets du cinéma d’animation
  
  Canada

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  Dahee JEONG

  Director & Producer
  
  Between The Pictures
  
  South Korea

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  Diane LAUNIER

  Managing Director
  
  Art Ludique Le Musée
  
  France

Contrechamp

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  Blies brothers (Nicolas Blies & Stéphane Hueber-Blies)

  Writers-Directors
  
  a_BAHN, Luxembourg

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  Abi FEIJO

  Producer, Director
  
  
  
  Portugal

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  Joanna PRIESTLEY

  Director
  
  Priestley Motion Pictures
  
  USA

VR

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  Myriam ACHARD

  Chief, New Media Partnerships & PR
  
  Centre PHI
  
  Canada

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  Mathias CHELEBOURG

  Writer-Director
  
  
  
  France, USA

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  Brandon OLDENBURG

  Chief Creative Officer
  
  Flight School Studio
  
  USA

Awards Jury Festivals Connexion – Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Award/In partnership with Lumières Numériques & Mèche Courte

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  Calmin BOREL

  Managing Director, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
  
  France

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  Emmanuel BERNARD

  Secretary General, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
  
  France

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  Anne-Sophie REY

  Coordinator, Festival d’un Jour et de l’équipée – Valence Romans Agglo
  
  France

Awards Jury for Best Original Music Award for a Short and Feature Film, sponsored by SACEM, in the Short Films and Feature Films categories

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  Christophe HÉRAL

   

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  Marcel JEAN

   

CANAL+ Young Audience Award Jury

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  Géraldine Soto

  Head of Acquisitions, Co-productions and Children’s Pre-purchasing

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  Chrystel Mussy-Masucci

  Children’s Editorial Manager

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  Nathalie Leffray

  Assistant Director of the Children’s Animation Development

André-Martin Award Jury

The André-Martin Award jury members will award a French Short Film and a French Feature Film.

• Mohamed Beyoud, Artistic Director, Meknès International Animation Film Festival
• Cécile Giraud, Cinema Mediator, Nouvelle-Aquitaine Independent Cinemas
• Alexis Hunot, Animation Film Activist
• Marie-Pauline Mollaret, Chief Editor, Écran Noir
• Bernard Payen, Head of Programming, Cinémathèque française
• Igor Prassel, Artistic Director, Animateka International Animation Film Festival
• Matilda Tavelli, Co-director, Animatou Festival

Vimeo Staff Pick Award Jury

• Jeffrey Bowers, Senior Curator
• Meghan Oretsky, Curator
• Ian Durkin, Lead Curator
• Ina Pira, Curator

Perspectives Jury

The jury for the Perspectives category comprises three students from the Gabriel Fauré High School in Annecy, and they will present the City of Annecy Award.

• Hugo Barthelemy
• Maéna Boyer
• Elina Pralong

Fipresci Jury

• Andrea Crozzoli, Italy
• Naama Rak, Israel
• Bernard Génin, France